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General Category => National Outdoor News Headlines => Topic started by: mudbrook on April 23, 2008, 05:56:50 AM

Title: Minnesota Lead shot ban proposal now dead
Post by: mudbrook on April 23, 2008, 05:56:50 AM
Lead shot ban proposal now dead

A proposal to ban the use of lead shot by small-game hunters on public lands in Minnesota's agricultural region was shot down last week -- by the bill's chief author.

Four days after meeting with officials from Federal Cartridge Corp. and the National Rifle Association -- which opposed the restrictions -- Sen. Satveer Chaudhary, DFL-Fridley, killed the provision.

read more... http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/17931134.html